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No. 524,823. Patented Aug. 21, 1894.

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UNITED STATES JOHN C. HENRY, OF WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

,ELECTRIC-RAI LWAY CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 524,823, dated August21,1894.

` Application inea August 27.1892. serrano. 444,308. nro man.)

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. HENRY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Westfield, county of Union, State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric- Railway Cars,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to electric railway cars, and its objects are toplace the working parts of the motor within the sight and reach of themotorman,without interfering with the passengers seats or occupying theroom devoted to them; to secure a long wheel base, with no danger ofcramping on curves; and to reduce the number of wheels and other parts,thereby simplifying and reducing the cost of the car. I accomplish therst object by arranging a portion or all of the seats to j face outward,with a passageway between their backs for the conductor and motorman.The motor may project up through the car floor, and occupy some ofthespace in the passageway and under the car seats. The

j second and third lobjects are attained by `the relative positions ofthe parts.

mounting the car upon a double truck or b0- gieA at one end and upon asingle or pony truck at the other end. The frame of the motor is hung atone end on the axle of the pony truck. A tongue extends from the otherend tov the double truck, to which it is secured. The front end of thecar body rests and swivels upon a center `bearing on the motor frame.The rear end of the car swivels `upon thecenter pin of the bogie. rlrhetwo trucks are compelled to swivel simultaneously, owing to theirconnection by the tongue on the motor.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a car, partly brokenaway, to show Figs. 2 and 3 are respectively plan and side views of themotor and the front truck. Fig. 4 is a modification. Fig. 5 shows acrosssection of a car in which the motor projects up into thepassageway.

The car body A. may be of any suitable length and arrangement.

In the drawings I have shown a car having the front half open and therearhalf closed. In xthe open part the seats run lengthwise, facingoutward, with a narrow passage B` between their backs, for the conductorand the motorman. A tongue D projects from the pony truck and ispivotally connected with the bogie: as by a loop or staple b receivingthe end of the tongue. It may be attached to two springs, one on eachside as shown in Fig.

4, to keep it normally central and yet allow it to vibrate when the carrounds a curve. The tongue guides the pony truck and keeps it squarewith the track. On a curve, the 6o connection of the trucks causes themto turn together and thus reduces friction, and makes the car rideeasier.

I prefer to utilize the motor frame D2 as the frame for the pony truck,journaling the axle E in a bearing or bearings at the front end of saidmotor frame, and bolting the tongue D to the rear end of said frame. Thecenterpin C projects up from the motor frame, into a bearing b on thecar body; and between 7o the car body and the frame is a spring, such asthe helical spring E or the rubber spring F. The motor is geared to theaxle E by the pinion G and spur gear Gr', or in any other suitablemanner for instance, as shown in my Patent No. 426,379, dated April 22,1890.

The levers H for controlling the motor project up into the aisle inwhichthe motorman stands. lf desired, the motor may be arranged tooccupy in part the space in the aisle 8o and under the seats:`therebypermitting the car body to hang nearer the ground asshown in Fig. 5. i

`What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l 8 5l. An electric car, having at one end a swiveling bogie and at the otherend a swiveling pony truck, a motor mounted on the pony truck, and atongue projecting from said pony truck and connected with the bogie byan at- 9o tachment allowing it to have lateral play, substantially asdescribed.

2. An electric car, having at one end aswiveling bogie and at the otherend a swiveling pony truck, a motor mounted on the pony truck, a tongueprojecting from the pony truck and terminating near the bogie, andyielding connections between the end of the tongue and the bogie,resisting lateral displacement of the tongue from a normally cen- :ootral position, substantially as described.

3. An electric car, having at one end a swiveling bogie, and at theother end a swiveling pony truck, a motor mounted on the pony truck, atongue projecting from the pony and a car body supported atvoneend onthe truck and terminating near the bogie, and a swiveling truck and atthe -other endon the springen each side ofthe tongue'for conneotframe ofthe motor at a point in the rear of ing it with the bogie and allowingit to have the single axle, substantially as described. i 5 5 lateralplay, substantially as described. In Witness whereof I have hereunto setmy 4. An electric car, comprising a swiveling hand this 23d day ofAugust, 1892.

truck at one end,- and at the other a motor, a

single pair of Wheels having their axle jour- JOHN C' HENRY' naled inone end of the motor frame, a rigid Witnesses: to tongue fastened to theother end of the motor JOHN M. C. MARSH,

and flexibly attached to the swiveling truck, WM.` W. GILBY.

